Every now and again we are blessed enough to recieve something truly
beautiful.

An enchanting, breath-taking journey, Spirited away is eastern film
making's answer to “Alice in Wonderland”. The story of a young
girl's adventures as she tries to save her parents from an evil curse after
being thrust into the spirit world.

Frightened and alone Chihiro faces terrible dangers and decievers. For the
first time in her life she is forced to confront her own insecurities and
pessimism. A hesitant, defiant heroine, she gradually learns courage and hope
for the love of her parents.

Re-discover the magic of your childhood movies with this enthralling passage
into the realm of pure imagination.

6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

"An Instant Classic"

5 stars"

Review by Jade
on 14th October, 2009

Spirited Away is one of the all time greatest movies I have EVER seen.
Miyazaki is a genius, and this is one of his best.

With breath-taking animation, you feel like you want to fall into each and
every scene, and explore each and every corner.

When you first see some of the characters, you may find them a bit odd, but
they worm their way into your heart and you come to realise the film wouldn't be
what it is without them!

If I described this film in one word it would have to be
‘BRILLIANT’.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

"Excellent"

5 stars"

Review by Shanaz
on 29th September, 2014

Purchased on Mighty Ape

I thought that this website was unsafe and all, since I have never heard of
it. Anyways, so I ordered this movie, and it came within a couple of days.
I loved that it was packaged in bubble wrap that protected the DVD. I played
the movie on my laptop and tv and it was really good quality. Overall the
service was brilliant.

Description

Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) is an Oscar Winning (Best
Animated Film) 2001 Japanese animated family fantasy film written and directed
by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.

From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated
cinema – Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation
and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. SPIRITED AWAY is a
wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of
spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call
upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to
the outside world.

An unforgettable story brimming with creativity, SPIRITED AWAY will take you
on a journey beyond your imagination. It's a fantastic tale the whole family
will want to experience over and over again. From the Studio Ghibli
Collection.

Won Mainichi Film Concours Awards for: Best Film, Best Animated Film, Best
Director, Best Score, Readers' Choice Best Film (2002)

Won Japanese Academy Award, Best Film (2002)

Won Tokyo Anime Awards for: Animation of the Year, Best
Director (2002)

Won Hong Kong Film award, Best Asian Film (2002)

Won 23 other awards, Received 19 other nominations

Spirited Away Movie Reviews

“It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and
entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful, and deep” (Joe Morgenstern, Wall
Street Journal)."

“Winner of the Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2003 (beating Ice Age,
Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) Hayao
Miyazaki's Spirited Away is one of the most impressive animated features of
this year, or any other. With none of the sentimentality of Disney nor the
computerised sheen of Pixar, this traditional animé even blows the brilliant
Finding Nemo out of the water. It's epic story is more imaginative, rousing and
luscious than anything American animation has produced since the halcyon days of
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs…Made after Miyazaki announced – and then
renounced – his retirement following the critically acclaimed Princess
Mononoke, Spirited Away is a feast of gorgeous animation and intelligent
storytelling…In two hours Miyazaki offers more magic and innovation than most
animators could manage in over two decades. Japanese animé at its finest,
Spirited Away is guaranteed to delight hardcore devotees, and those who've yet
to make an acquaintance with the best that the East has to offer. See it and
marvel.” 5 out of 5 stars, BBC

“..the best animated film of recent years, the latest work by Hayao
Miyazaki, the Japanese master who is a god to the Disney animators…This is a
wonderful film. Don't avoid it because of what you think you know about
animation from Japan. Miyazaki's works ("My Neighbor Totoro,”
“Kiki's Delivery Service,” “Princess Mononoke”) have a depth and
complexity often missing in American animation. Not fond of computers, he draws
thousand of frames himself, and there is a painterly richness in his work.
He's famous for throwaway details at the edges of the screen (animation is so
painstaking that few animators draw more than is necessary). And he permits
himself silences and contemplation, providing punctuation for the exuberant
action and the lovable or sometimes grotesque characters…This is one of the
year's best films." 4 out of 4 stars Roger Ebert

“Anything but your regular 'toon, it's a (literally) fantastic
experience.” Total Film

“Spirited Away is not just the best animated film of 2002, it is the
best film of 2002, period. And perhaps one of the most artistically satisfying
animated films ever made, in terms of both its visual splendor and thematic
depth. It will amaze kids with its cornucopia of surprises—and the fact that
it never talks down to them and gives them a role model more realistic than any
live-action Disney Channel show. It will give adults plenty to talk
about—artistically, politically, and philosophically—for years to come. When
Uncle Walt built Disneyland, he wanted a place where children and adults could
play together, for, as Miyazaki says, "the people who used to be ten years old
and the people who are going to be ten years old.” The world of Spirited Away
is one of those places, a Disneyland on screen, a palace of wonders." DVD
Verdict